OGL Converter

Extract text from OGL files

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How to extract text from your OGL file

Click the "Select File" button above, and choose your OGL file.
You’ll see a preview, if available.
Click the "Convert file to..." button to extract text information.

Convert OGL to another file type

To convert your OGL file to another format, you need OmniGuard Data Management or other Data software.

Convert a file to OGL

To convert other file formats to the "Technical Log File" file type, you need software like OmniGuard Data Management or a similar tool.

About OGL files

The .ogl extension most frequently refers to a Differential Pressure Monitor Log generated by OmniGuard cellular pressure monitors (manufactured by Engineering Solutions Inc.). These devices are critical in construction and asbestos abatement for recording negative pressure containment. The file is a proprietary data dump that replaces physical paper charts.

The Problem: You likely have this file to prove legal compliance, but you cannot open it in standard office software. It is a raw data stream that requires specific, often legacy, manufacturer software to interpret. Contractors frequently face friction when trying to share these results with inspectors who do not have the viewer installed, or when trying to archive data long-term without proprietary lock-in.

The Solution:

For Compliance Reports: Convert to PDF. This creates an uneditable, time-stamped record of pressure readings suitable for legal documentation.
For Data Analysis: Convert to CSV or XLSX. This allows you to import the pressure data into Microsoft Excel to create custom graphs or merge with other project logs.

Note: A smaller subset of these files may be Objective Grid Layout files used by Stingray (now Perforce) for C++ MFC applications. These define grid visual properties and are generally not intended for conversion outside a development environment.

Convert.Guru analyzes your OGL file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.

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FAQ

If you want to convert OGL file to , you can use OmniGuard Data Management or similar software from the "Pressure Monitor Data Log" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….

To convert files to OGL, try OmniGuard Data Management or another comparable tool in the "Pressure Monitor Data Log" category.

The OGL Converter Story

The history of Convert.Guru began over 25 years ago in California with Tom Simondi’s file-format database. A former contributor to Space Shuttle development and a software pioneer of the 1980s, Simondi established a trusted resource for file type analysis that was even referenced by Microsoft Windows XP. Today, we use modern technology to process and convert thousands of file formats while continually improving our OGL converter.